John's gospel is different from the other three in the New Testament. That fact has been recognized since the early church itself. Already by the year 200, John's gospel was called the spiritual ...

A few weeks ago, a parish in Missoula, Mont., participated in a Lenten retreat. The theme for their reflection was taken from the first chapter of John: “What are you looking for?” (1:38). One person ...

"Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved and ...

Columnist Paul Prather says that the Gospel of John is the most interesting account of the Easter story. Getty Images/iStockphoto This is Holy Week on the Christian calendar, culminating on Sunday ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

With that question Pastor Chuck Emery of Wesley United Methodist Church in Oshkosh begins his column, Notes from the Pastor, in Wesley’s February newsletter. Did you pick up your Bible this morning, ...

New research suggests that early scribes may have quietly changed the Gospel of John—reducing Mary Magdalene’s influence in one of Christianity’s most important texts. Could she have once played a far ...

To walk into the lobby of the Palmer House Hotel in downtown Chicago is to recapture the romantic era of the 1920’s. A bronze sculpture of Romeo and Juliet by an unknown artist greets all who enter. A ...

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Preaching the gospel anywhere can change lives and hearts, from false motives or true. But Kirk’s memorial didn’t happen in a ...

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God, and through him were all things made." These words of the opening prologue of the ...